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Columbia  Triumphant 
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THEODORE  HENCKELS 

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PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR 
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1915 


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Columbia  Triumphant 
in  Peace 


By 
THEODORE  HENCKELS 

Carnegie  Endoiument  for  International  Peace 


PUBLISHED  BY  THE  AUTHOR 
WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

1915 


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Copyright,  1915,  by 
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COME,  ALL  YE  HEIRS  OF  FREEDOM 

Afar  I  hear  the  summons, 

From  voice  of  high  command, 
To  sing  of  thee,  my  country. 

The  nations'  chosen  land. 
O  muse,  to  thee  I  yield  me; 

Deny  not  my  request; 
Attune  the  silent  heart  strings, 

And  rouse  the  slumb'ring  breast. 

Thy  smile,  fair  one,  refreshes; 

Bright  visions  round  me  press; 
*Tis  hope,  and  joy,  and  music 

Spring   from  thy  sweet  caress. 
Still  on  my  bosom  linger. 

And  feel  its  throbbing  tide; 
So  I  may  hold  thee  firmly 

And  claim  thee  as  a  bride. 

Come,  all  ye  heirs  of  freedom. 

Beneath  the  shining  sun, 
Who  cherish  strength  and  valor 

By  which  great  deeds  are  done; 
Give  honor  to   our  heroes. 

In  troublous  times  or  peace, 
Whose  souls  have  stirred  the  nation, 

To  find  from  war  release. 

Chorus 

By  thee,  O  fair  Columbia ! 

By  thee,  home  of  the  free ! 
By  thee,  a  loj^al  guard  we'll  stand, 

Great  land  of  liberty ! 


NATIONAL  SONG 

Song  has  ever  had  its  influences.  There  is  a  love  of  har- 
mony in  our  nature,  universally  and  forever  felt ;  it  is  mingled 
with  whatever  we  imagine  of  pleasure  on  earth  and  hope  in  the 
future.  It  is  the  realm  of  the  imagination,  where  the  soul 
luxuriates  amid  shrubs  and  flowers.  The  works  of  the  heavens 
breathe  it;  the  foliage  of  the  earth  awakens  its  whispered 
cadences,  when 

"the  winds 
In  their  light  breathings,  are  inaudible." 

Old  ocean  rolls  his  flood  and  stirs  the  music  of  the  deep,  while 
the  "waves  dance  to  the  chanting  of  its  melodies."  Our  emo- 
tions and  passions  are  poetic : — There  is  a  gush  of  harmonious 
feeling  when  we  meet  once  more  a  long  lost  friend;  and  the 
melancholy  "Farewell"  is  the  very  poetry  of  parting.  The 
mourner  weeps  tears  that  are  poetic  and  the  lover  doles  his 
passion  forth  in  limping  numbers. 

And  when  those  incidents  are  national- — when  they  are  in- 
timately connected  with  those  objects  that  are  about  us,  and 
interest  us,  the  song  that  is  linked  to  them  is  like  converse  with 
familiar  spirits,  and  often  with  those  who  have  passed  away 
and  left  us  no  other  medium  of  communication. 

Associations  call  up  deep  and  lasting  thought  from  the  mys- 
terious chamber  of  the  soul,  and  memory  revisits  past  scenes, 
with  increased  emotion  as  Time  places  them  at  a  greater  dis- 
tance. The  expatriated  Swiss  weeps  when  he  hears  the  tones 
of  his  native  melody,  and  recalls  to  his  mind  the  many  beauties 
of  the  land  of  his  birth.  The  Scotsman  starts  into  rapture  at 
the  sound  of  the  rustic  song  of  Burns.  He  sees  in  thought 
the  Grampian  peaks,  the  "tartan  sheen"  and  downy  thistle  of 
Scotia's  plains;  his  heart  bounds  once  more  to  the  pibroch's 
tones  and  he  treads  in  fancy  on  his  native  heath.  What  Ameri- 
can has  trodden  a  foreign  shore  and  not  felt  his  soul  glow  with 


the  burning  glory  of  his  nation's  freedom,  as  the  sounds  of 
"The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  have  come  upon  his  ear?  or 
when,  "Mid  pleasures  and  palaces,''  he  has  hummed  to  himself 
"Home,  Sweet  Home"? 

The  fragments  of  ancient  song  fall  upon  our  ears  like  voices 
in  the  distance,  as  they  struggle  through  the  shades  of  mid- 
night.    They  are  but 

"Tones  thrilling  upon  broken  harpstrings," 

yet  their  harmony  is  sweet — their  melody  plays  upon  the  heart, 
and  from  this  we  may  form  a  conception  of  the  effect  they  pro- 
duced when  breathed  upon  ears  that  drank  them  as  the  melody 
of  nature  and  of  native  land. 


COLUMBIA  TRIUMPHANT  IN  PEACE 
Introductory 

In  the  brief  hour  of  his  existence  upon  the  stage  of  this 
earth,  man  plays  his  role  and  then  disappears.  His  soul,  the 
reflection  of  Divinity,  is  immortal ;  but  the  name  and  memory 
of  his  deeds  live  through  the  generations  only  if, — exalting 
himself  far  above  those  around  him, — ^he  has  devoted  the  best 
that  was  in  him,  to  the  point  of  self-sacrifice,  to  the  welfare 
of  others,  of  his  people,  of  mankind  at  large;  or  if,  in  fighting 
for  higher  things  than  crowns  and  for  higher  seats  than 
thrones,  he  has  brought  forth  in  the  fields  of  science  or  of  art, 
and  by  his  achievements  as  a  seeker  of  the  priceless  treasure — 
Truth — works  of  surpassing  and  everlasting  value  to 
humanity. 

Monuments,  statues,  churches,  colleges,  libraries,  memorial 
buildings  and  paeans  of  praise  have  been  made  tributary  to 
the  more  distinct  and  permanent  recognition  of  the  great  men 
of  the  past. 

Nothing  in  life,  however,  can  be  compared  for  complete 
satisfaction  with  the  noble  feeling  that  he  alone  experiences 
who  can  say  to  himself  as  his  life  is  drawing  to  its  close :  "I 
have  performed  my  duty;  the  world  is  better  for  the  part  I 
took  in  its  shaping;"  and  the  same  thought  applies  to  the 
nation  that  feels  it  has  a  mission  and  performs  it. 

We  know  very  little  of  the  history  of  the  entire  Western 
hemisphere  before  the  time  of  European  settlement.  Long 
ages  of  barbarism,  successive  races  of  people,  whose  origin  and 
history  are  doubtfully  preserved  in  wild  and  fantastic  tradi- 
tion, have  long  since  destroyed  nearly  every  trace  of  American 
antiquity. 

In  the  realm  of  Indian  lore  we  find  passages  told  in  song 
that  take  us  back  to  nature,  to  the  expression  of  emotion  unin- 
fluenced by  the  intellectual  control  of  the  schools.     "Music 


enveloped  the  Indian's  individual  and  social  life  like  an  atmos- 
phere from  his  cradle  to  his  grave.  It  was  a  medium  of  com- 
munication between  man  and  the  unseen.  As  success  depended 
upon  help  from  this  mysterious  power,  in  every  avocation,  in 
every  undertaking,  and  in  every  ceremonial,  the  Indian  ap- 
pealed to  this  power  through  song.  The  story  and  song  of 
'The  Deathless  Voice/  which  has  been  handed  down  through 
all  these  years  as  an  inspiration  to  the  life  of  the  Indian  em- 
bodies in  an  attractive  manner  the  universal  feeling  that  death 
can  not  silence  the  voice  of  one  who  confronts  danger  with 
unflinching  courage,  giving  his  life  to  the  defense  of  those  de- 
pendent upon  his  prowess;  and  his  voice  rings  out  in  the  soli- 
tude until  its  message  of  courage  and  joy  finds  an  echo  in  the 
heart  of  the  living." 

It  would  be  interesting  to  recount  the  authentic  pages  of 
the  transformation  of  the  human  race  through  the  ages.  Our 
object,  however,  is  more  immediate :  to  relate  in  a  few  simple, 
compact  paragraphs,  the  often  told  and  always  interesting 
story  of  how  it  happened  that  we  are  living  on  this  continent, 
what  the  founders  of  our  nation  accomplished  in  their  day 
and  how  they  accomplished  it ;  and,  furthermore,  what  we  and 
our  descendants  may  hope  and  must  strive  to  accomplish  now 
and  in  the  ages  that  are  to  come. 

Lo !  in  deep  admiration 

Once  more  we  bow,  dear  land,  to  thee; 
Thou,  mother  of  our  dreams, 

Thou,  sponsor  of  our  hopes, 
We  pledge  thee  loyalty. 

Grateful,  thy  praise  we  sing; 
In  humble  worship  bring 

Homage  to  thee,  thy  children. 
Hail  Columbia,  land  of  the  free, 
Hail  Columbia,  cradle  of  liberty! 


THE  PAST 

To  the  diligent  and  interested  explorer  among  the  ruins  of 
the  past,  and  to  the  student  of  the  vast  number  of  facts  and 
events  of  later  and  more  recent  times,  we  are  indebted  for  the 
knowledge  which  casts  a  bright  light  upon  the  otherwise  mys- 
terious mazes  of  history. 

In  virtue  of  its  instinct  of  self-preservation,  the  human  race 
seeks  places  offering  the  best  opportunity  for  the  satisfaction 
of  its  elementary  needs.  Procuring  his  living  through  hunting, 
the  prehistoric  man  travels  incessantly.  The  fair  circle  of  the 
earth's  surface  is  his  to  come  and  go,  and  do  as  he  pleases. 
Gradually,  man  rises  to  a  responsible  station  in  a  more  or  less 
responsible  world.  He  is  endowed  with  the  germ  of  intelli- 
gence. This  germ  develops  and  begets  reflection,  and  as  re- 
flection becomes  more  sustained  he  learns  the  rudiments  of 
exploiting  the  soil.  Nature  yields  to  his  efforts.  He  takes 
pride  in  the  place  where  he  achieves  his  first  success  and  finds 
contentment.  The  land-tie  is  formed,  and  patriotism,  the  love 
of  country,  which  is  natural  to  the  whole  human  race,  is  born. 

"Breathes  there  a  man  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  has  said, 
'This  is  my  own,  my  native  land,' 
Whose  heart  hath  ne'er  within  him  burned, 
As  home  his  footsteps  he  hath  turned, 
From  wandering  on  a  foreign  strand? 
If  such  there  breathe,  go,  mark  him  well; 
For   him   no   minstrel   raptures   swell." 

Other  men  in  other  regions  pass  through  like  stages  of  de- 
velopment, and  other  settlements  thus  come  into  being.  Some 
prosper  more  than  others.  The  greater  prosperity  of  one 
arouses  envy  and  jealousy  on  the  part  of  others,  leading  to 
quarrels,  war,  and  conquests.  The  victor  migrates  into  the 
conquered  land;  and  necessity  forces  the  conquered  to  seek 
new  territory.  Discoveries  result  and  migration  assumes 
wider  scope. 


But  the  still  primitive  state  of  man's  mind,  his  ignorance  of 
new  methods  to  promote  the  immediate  natural  production  of 
the  soil,  and  the  rapid  increase  of  the  human  race,  lead  to 
over-population.  Famine,  plague,  and  other  attendant  evils 
impel  man  to  move  and  seek  new,  virgin  fields;  and  finding 
them,  he  settles  once  more,  builds  his  hut,  and  sends  word  to 
his  relatives  and  friends  to  follow.  "Westward,  Ho!"  for 
manifold  reasons  seems  to  have  been  the  prompting,  if  not 
exactly  the  expression  of  the  nature  of  our  remote  ancestors, 
and  to  the  West  moves  the  surplus  population  of  the  human 
family  of  the  East. 

Crowded  upon  and  crov^ding  out  each  other  in  turn,  Europe 
becomes  gradually  settled.  The  various  peripatetic  and  evolu- 
tionary stages  of  man  are  here  reenacted,  only  on  a  higher 
and  wider  scale.  The  invasion  of  Europe  by  Asiatic  races, 
together  with  the  natural  increase  of  births,  makes  the  popu- 
lation of  the  old  world  grow  out  of  proportion  to  the  natural 
supply  of  which,  under  the  conditions  of  exploitation  then 
prevailing,  its  soil  is  capable.  On  the  other  hand,  its  com- 
merce grows,  leading  to  the  necessity  of  finding  new  countries 
and  new  markets. 

Each  new  westward  advance  brings  man  nearer  to  the  im- 
passable, till  at  last  he  is  confronted  by  the  sea  which  seems 
to  surge  out  to  him:  "Thus  far,  and  no  farther."  But  each 
new  advance  fosters  new  human  attributes.  Explorers  in  their 
primitive  craft  sail  as  far  as  they  can  in  search  of  new  lands. 
Pirates  set  out  in  search  of  prey.  Columbus,  the  Seer,  has 
visions  of  the  new  world  and  discovers  it.  Sporadic  and  aim- 
less wandering  becomes  definite,  systematic  emigration.  Spain, 
because  of  the  discovery  made  by  the  man  whom  she  had 
assisted,  claims  ownership  over  South  America.  Jealously  she 
guards  her  possessions.  Her  sway  and  authority  grow.  Por- 
tugal shares  in  this  expansion  and  South  America  becomes 
Latinized. 


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English  explorers  follow  in  the  wake;  but  steering  a  slightly- 
different  course  discover  North  America.  The  English  gov- 
ernment becomes  interested  in  the  prospects  offered  by  the  New 
World ;  it  favors  colonization  and  assists  it.  Emigration,  how- 
ever, remains  small  and  colonization  fails.  England  is  not  then 
over-populated.  Necessity, — the  Mother  of  Progress, — has 
not  yet  placed  her  compelling  hand  upon  the  country.  Soon, 
however,  she  appears  in  the  mask  of  religious  persecution, 
forcing  the  persecuted  to  look  elsewhere  for  an  asylum. 

"The  breeze  has  swelled  the  whitening  sail, 
The  blue  waves  curl  beneath  the  gale, 
And,  bounding  with  the  wave  and  wind, 
We  leave  old  England's  shores  behind; 

Leave  behind  our  native  shore, 

Homes,  and  all  we  loved  before. 

"Oh,  see  what  wonders  meet  our  eyes! 
Another  land  and  other  skies! 
Columbia's  hills  have  met  our  view ! 
Adieu!  old  England's  shores,  adieu! 

Here  at  length,  our  feet  shall  rest. 

Hearts  be  free,  and  homes  be  blessed." 

The  Pilgrims  found  their  first  colony  in  New  England,  and 
goaded  by  a  new  form  of  necessity,  progress  forges  steadily 
ahead.  English  emigration  to  North  America  grows,  assisted 
by  the  mother  country,  which  gains  a  strong  foothold  in  Amer- 
ica. Canada  is  in  turn  discovered  by  France,  which  assists 
emigration  to  the  new  land  and  its  settlement  by  her  own 
children.  It  is  not  long,  however,  before  differences  arise  be- 
tween the  English  and  the  French,  and  England  conquers 
Canada.  Inland  exploration  now  begins.  The  English  col- 
onies spread,  grow  in  population  and  strength.  England,  how- 
ever, proves  a  harsh  mistress ;  she  treats  her  colonies  unjustly, 
and  they  revolt.  Hostilities  between  England  and  her  Ameri- 
can colonies  break  out.  Crash  follows  flash;  and  when  the 
air  has  cleared,  when  the  din  has  ceased,  and  the  smoke  lifted, 
the  heart  of  man  beats  more  quickly,  as  against  the  azure  of 


the   sky  he   beholds   our  national   emblem   and   realizes   its 
significance. 

THE  STARS  AND  STRIPES 

(Banner  March) 

What  is  that  flag  the  free  acclaim? 

The  Stars  and  Stripes  of  glorious  fame ! 

No  nobler  emblem  floats  on  earth, 

Than  greeted  freedom's  holy  birth. 

To  thee,  the  banner  of  the  free, 

We  pledge  anew  our  loyalty ; 

To  honor,  virtue  ever  true — 

Long  wave  our  loved  Red,  White  and  Blue. 

All  loyal  hearts  are  watching; 

All  loyal  hearts  beat  high; 
All  loyal  hearts  are  throbbing — 

The  flag  is  passing  by. 
Never  was  there  a  fairer 

'Mid  all  the  flags  of  earth; 
The  Stars  and  Stripes  forever — 

The  flag  of  freedom's  birth. 

The  English  colonies  are  in  this  way  Americanized  by  the 
creation  of  the  United  States  of  America,  which  becomes  the 
possessor  of  a  domain  with  natural  resources  and  favorable 
conditions  such  as  no  other  land  the  world  over  can  boast;  a 
domain  so  vast  that  it  can  give  asylum  to  any  race  or  people 
wishing  to  avail  itself  of  the  opportunity  under  the  Constitu- 
tion of  our  land,  a  law  expressive  of  the  wisdom  of  all  the  ages, 
the  noblest  instrument  devised  by  man  for  the  conduct  of  a 
free  people  on  a  free  soil. 

Thus  came  our  nation  into  independent  existence  at  a  time 
rendered  climacteric  by  the  appearance  of  that  unmatched 
luminary,  Washington,  and  by  that  galaxy  of  his  only  less 
conspicuous  satellites,  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence. 


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GEORGE  WASHINGTON 

Thy  country's  first  and  noblest  son, 
We  hail  thy  spirit,  Washington; 
With  reverent  heart,  thy  countrymen 
Unite,  and  sing  one  great  "Amen." 
With  joy  we  greet  thy  glorious  name; 
The  Book  of  Time  records  thy  fame: 
The  first  in  war,  the  first  in  peace; 
Thy  virtues  year  by  year  increase. 

A  nation  independent 

Its  homage  brings  to  thee; 
'Twas  thine  the  great  achievement 

That  made  our  country  free. 
With  glory  and  with  honor. 

Thy  noble  work  was  done; 
Thy  name  we'll  ever  treasure; 

It  shines  o'er  freedom's  throne. 

But  as  in  man  there  reside,  alas,  two  souls,  one  striving  on- 
ward and  upward,  the  other  tending  downward,  so  there  are  in 
humanity  two  impulses,  one  impelling  it  to  construct,  the 
other  to  destroy.  It  is  not  long  before  these  antagonistic  ele- 
ments marshal  forth  their  forces.  Portentous  thunder  clouds 
gather  on  the  political  horizon.  The  respective  champions 
sally  forth  in  serried  ranks,  the  Men  in  Gray  to  meet  the  Men 
in  Blue — a  conflict  fated  to  develop  into  a  struggle  of  Titans. 

For  every  such  emergency  Providence  holds  in  reserve  the 
man  of  destiny,  and  at  the  right  moment  bids  him  come  forth 
and  lead  the  forces  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  righteousness. 

The  conflict  opens — tense,  tenacious,  unyielding — a  death 
and  life  contest;  but  progressive  humanity  issues  victorious. 
Measureless  was  the  sacrifice,  so  are  the  beneficent  results; 
for  man  has  placed  another  beacon  light  along  the  rocky  shore 
of  human  progress.  The  strife  came  and  has  gone.  Its 
fruitage  is  felt  in  the  spirit  of  Brotherhood  which  pervades 
the  life  of  our  country,  and  in  our  Union,  one,  indissoluble 
forevermore. 


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ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 

What  is  that  tow'ring  vision  bright, 
Reflected  in  supernal  light? 
*Tis  Lincoln,  Lincoln's  noble  frame; 
O,  Lincoln,  thrice  immortal  name! 
Amid  the  stress  of  civil  strife, 
Thine  proved  the  real  hero's  life; 
True  friend  and  patriot,  sturdy  soul, 
Our  Union  was  thy  cherished  goal. 

In  all  the  coming  ages, 

Man  shall  exalt  thy  fame, 
And  on  historic  pages 

Illuminate  thy  name, 
With  honor  and  with  glory, 

Thy  noble  work  was  done; 
Thy  spirit,  borne  to  victory, 

Protect  our  Union's  throne! 

How  intensive,  immediate  and  personal  is  the  influence  of 
those  Ideals  of  the  people,  George  Washington,  the  Father  of 
the  Republic,  and  Abraham  Lincoln,  the  martyr  of  duty.  Both* 
knew  in  their  own  persons  all  the  aspirations  of  their  people. 
Both  understood  what  it  was  to  feel  the  iron  grip  of  misfor- 
tune ;  but  they  never  permitted  it  to  bow  their  dauntless  spirits. 
No  wonder  that  every  American  feels  himself  one  with  these 
men,  blood  of  their  blood,  and  bone  of  their  bones.  Well  may 
the  teacher  in  the  school  tell  the  story  of  Washington  and 
Lincoln,  to  implant  in  our  children  the  first  seeds  of  patriotism, 
and  so  to  prepare  the  ground  for  the  influence  of  these  two 
ideals  of  American  citizenship  and  manhood  to  assert  itself. 
It  will  strengthen  healthy  ambition;  it  will  encourage  in  dis- 
tress, warn  in  the  hour  of  temptation,  and  comfort  in  the  hour 
of  death. 

We  should  be  grateful  to  Providence  for  such  ideals,  for 
we  certainly  need  the  inspiration  and  support  which  they  can 
give  us.  Noble,  inspiring,  self-sacrificing  in  thought  and  in 
deed,  always  ready  and  seeking  to  serve,  rather  than  to  be 
served,  hewing  close  to  the  line,  and  wholly  devoted  to  con- 
science and  duty.    Their  work  is  done, 


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"But  while  the  races  of  mankind  endure, 
Let  their  great  examples  stand 
Colossal,  seen  of  every  land, 
And  keep  the  soldier  firm,  the  statesman  pure; 
Till  in  all  lands  and  through  all  human  story, 
The  path  of  duty  he  the  way  to  glory." 

OUR  COUNTRY 

Columbia  the  noble,  free, 

The  home  of  human  liberty; 

Of  thee  with  grateful  heart  we  sing; 

To  thee  our  humble  tribute  bring. 

Though  young,  great  glory  thou  hast  won; 

In  every  clime  thy  name  is  known; 

A  noble  work  awaited  thee — 

Thy  "Declaration"  made  man  free. 

Thy  founders  were  a  sturdy  race, 
Whose  faith  in  God's  eternal  grace 
Gave  them  the  strength  to  do  and  dare; 
And  He  above  them  heard  their  prayer. 
The  seed  of  liberty  they've  sown. 
Throughout  the  earth  has  swiftly  grown; 
And  all  that  breathe,  join  in  their  ode 
To  freedom,  virtue,  and  to  God. 

There  is  no  other  land  like  thee; 
Thou  art  the  fortress  of  the  free; 
All  hail  the  hour,  when  first  the  song 
Of  freedom  rang  from  human  tongue. 
May  freedom's  song  eternally 
Remain  the  watchword  of  the  free; 
And  through  the  ages,  as  of  yore, 
God  bless  our  country  evermore. 

Chorus. 

For  thee,  beloved  country, 

Our  thought,  our  toil  we  bend. 
Thine  honor — freedom's  glory — 

Forever  to  defend. 
Never  was  there  a  fairer 

'Mid  all  the  lands  of  earth; 
Columbia  forever — 

The  land  of  freedom's  birth! 


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THE  PRESENT 


It  is  not  possible  in  the  same  space  of  time,  to  find  in  the 
annals  of  universal  history  such  a  long  list  of  names  of  men 
and  women,  brilliant  of  mind  and  true  of  heart,  who  have  ac- 
complished so  much  for  the  welfare  of  their  own  people  and 
for  the  progress  of  mankind  as  in  the  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
years  of  our  national  existence.  It  is  the  triumph  of  genuine, 
enlightened  democracy  with  all  its  avenues  wide  open  for  men 
to  rise  from  the  multitude. 

In  the  swiftly  moving  industrial  development  which  fol- 
lowed the  reconstruction  of  our  coimtry,  until  within  the 
memory  of  the  present  generation  our  people  had  had  little 
time  to  devote  to  the  higher  things  of  life.  Utilitarianism 
became  the  keynote  of  all  our  activities.  Money  was  king,  and 
ruled  the  heart  and  the  mind  of  the  nation.  Marvelous  dis- 
coveries and  inventions  developed  our  national  material  wealth 
by  leaps  and  bounds.  But  our  social  life  became  restless,  our 
political  life  corrupt,  and  many  there  were  who  thought  that 
popular  government  was  anchored  over  dangerous  reefs. 

But,  under  the  guidance  of  enlightened  statesmanship,  events 
of  vital  importance  to  the  sound  life  of  the  Republic  happened 
during  this  period. 

As  a  result  of  the  conflict  with  Spain  in  1898,  the  Spanish 
Empire  in  the  New  World  and  in  the  far  Orient  came  to  an 
end.  Our  Government  became  the  guardian  over  millions  of 
people  whose  progress  had  been  repressed  for  centuries;  our 
commerce  expanded,  and  our  importance  in  the  world  was 
greatly  increased. 

President  McKinley,  who  had  won  the  admiration  of  the 
nation  for  the  righteousness  and  manliness  of  his  character, 
was  eminently  equipped  to  occupy  himself  with  the  difficult 


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questions  of  international  policies.  His  reciprocity  treaties 
with  foreign  nations,  and  the  eagerness  with  which  he  ac- 
credited representatives  to  the  Peace  Conference  at  The  Hague 
(1899)  to  consider  bases  for  settling  certain  controversies 
by  an  international  tribunal,  are  evidences  of  what  his  foreign 
policy  was  to  have  been.  But  he  had  scarcely  outlined  his 
home  and  foreign  policies  when  he  was  suddenly  touched  by 
the  hand  of  death.    He  was  succeeded  by  the  Vice-President. 

Weighty  questions  were  before  the  nation.  Their  solution 
required  mature  judgment  and  careful  handling. 

Long  before  the  time  when  he  became  President,  Mr.  Roose- 
velt had  said: 

"We  Americans  can  only  do  our  allotted  task  well  if  we 
face  it  steadily  and  bravely,  seeing,  but  not  fearing,  the 
dangers. 

"We  shall  never  be  successful  over  the  dangers  that 
confront  us;  we  shall  never  achieve  true  greatness,  nor 
reach  the  lofty  ideal  which  the  founders  and  preservers 
of  our  mighty  Federal  Republic  have  set  before  us,  unless 
we  are  Americans  in  heart  and  soul,  in  spirit  and  purpose, 
keenly  alive  to  the  responsibility  in  the  very  name  of 
American,  and  proud  beyond  measure  of  the  glorious 
privilege  of  bearing  it. 

"Above  all,  we  must  stand  shoulder  to  shoulder,  not 
asking  as  to  the  ancestry  or  creed  of  our  comrades,  but 
only  demanding  that  we  be  in  very  truth  Americans,  and 
that  we  all  work  together — heart,  hand,  and  head — for 
the  honor  and  the  greatness  of  our  common  country." 

Ably  assisted  by  such  men  as  John  Hay,  Elihu  Root, 
William  H.  Taft,  and  others,  Mr.  Roosevelt  did  much  to  rouse 
the  national  conscience. 

The  record  of  these  activities  is  legible;  it  is  entered  into 
history  and  written  beyond  recall. 

One  event  with  which  this  epoch  will  remain  associated  for-^ 


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ever  deserves  to  be  chronicled  here ;  farsightedness,  opportune 
action,  and  enthusiasm  made  possible  the  construction  of  the 
Panama  Canal,  the  accomplishment  of  which  was  demanded 
in  the  interest  of  mankind. 

THE  WEDDING  OF  THE  OCEANS 

(Panama  Canal) 

When  stately  ships  from  every  land 
Go  sailing  through  the  channel  grand 

That  weds  the  mightiest  waters  of  the  earth, 
Let  none  forget  the  men  who  make 
Effective   what  they  undertake, 

And  gave  to  this  stupendous  work  its  birth ! 

When  setting  forth  to  far  Cathay, 
Columbus  sought  the  shortest  way, 

And  steered  his  fleet  into  the  setting  sun, 
That  tropic  shore  he  little  dreamt 
Would  prove  a  bar  to  each  attempt, 

For  centuries  prevent  what  he*d  begun. 

When  from  the  heights  of  Darien, 
Balboa,  holding  back  his  men, 

Beheld  another  ocean  spring  to  view, 
And  rushing  down  with  sword  in  hand 
Of  the  Pacific  took  command, 

The  thought  arose  of  nuptials  for  the  two. 

The  champions  of  the  Fleur-de-lis, 
To  make  that  union  of  the  sea, 

Gave  men  and  treasure  through  the  weary  years ; 
And  still  the  rock-ribbed  neck  remained; 
The  Chagres'  flood  its  power  maintained. 

While  pestilence  and  death  beset  their  fears. 

So  when  the  ships  from  every  land 
Go  sailing  through  the  channel  grand 

That  weds  the  mightiest  waters  of  the  earth. 
Let  none  forget  the  Power  that  makes 
Effective  what  it   undertakes— 

Columbia,  sponsor  for  that  wondrous  birth. 

T.  H.  AND  H.  C  Kirk. 

II 

"Wide  open  and  unguarded  stand  our  gates, 
And  through  them  presses  a  wild,  motley  crowd- 
Men  from  the  Volga  and  the  Tartar  steppes, 
Malayan,  Scythian,  Teuton,  Kelt  and  Slav.    .    .    . 


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"These  bringing  with  them  unknown  gods  and  rites, 
Those  tiger  passions,  here  to  stretch  their  claws ; 
O,  Liberty,  white  Goddess,  is  it  well 
To  leave  the  gates  unguarded?" 

"The  doubter  thus ;  but  lo !  the  work  goes  on, 
The  miracle  of  freedom.     More  and  more 
In  splendid  strength  the  many  merge  in  one, 

And  alien  hearts  grow  loyal  to  the  core. 
One  race,  one  only  here,  when  all  is  done, 

A  greater  race  than  time  has  known  before." 

Columbia  is  the  depository  of  a  great  principle,  of  a  noble 
ambition  to  be  the  mother  of  liberty. 

"She  that  lifts  up  the  manhood  of  the  poor, 
She  of  the  open  soul  and  open  door. 
With  room  about  her  hearth  for  all  mankind — " 

represents  a  new  hope.  Her  ideals  and  not  her  wealth  must 
be  her  titles  to  universal  respect. 

The  study  of  the  history  of  our  country  and  of  its  great 
men  brings  out  the  fact  that  we  do  not  live  to  ourselves,  within 
our  territorial  boundaries.  On  the  contrary;  there  are  mo- 
ments when  it  seems  as  if  the  Earth- Spirit  had  breathed  a 
soul  into  the  great  statue  in  New  York  harbor  and  "Liberty 
Enlightening  the  World"  had  indeed  become  a  living  being. 

As  we  are  undeniably  indebted  to  Italy,  Greece,  and  the 
more  remote  Orient  for  all  our  culture,  we  should  be  suffi- 
ciently familiar  with  the  history  and  the  literature  of  the  classic 
countries,  in  order  to  comprehend  the  evolution  of  ancient  cul- 
ture into  the  culture  of  the  present  day,  and  to  understand  the 
role  which  the  ideals  played  in  the  life  of  the  ancient  Greek. 

Our  children  should  learn  how  the  best  of  the  Assyric  and 
Babylonian  culture  was  taken  over  by  Judea,  the  gifted  sons 
of  Abraham  leading  at  the  time  in  the  advancement  of  human 
civilization.  But  Judea  was  soon  replaced  by  Greece  which 
was  better  equipped  and  prepared  to  become  the  true  civilizer 
of  Europe,  the  "Alma  Mater,"  whose  lessons  molded  and  in- 
spired the  literary  and  artistic  genius  of  Rome;  and  thence 


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radiating  across  the  sixteenth  century,  struck  the  sacred  spark 
— the  cult  of  the  beautiful  and  the  cult  of  science. 

Where  is  the  explanation  of  that  magnificent,  victorious 
struggle  of  mind  over  matter,  of  that  incomparable  educative 
mission,  of  which  Greece  is  the  most  glorious  illustration?  It 
is  due  in  the  first  place  to  the  favorable  mixture  of  races  in 
which  the  grace  and  sensuousness  of  the  Ionian  type  became 
happily  blended  with  the  unpolished,  virile  energy  of  the 
Dorian.  It  is  also  due  to  the  country  itself,  to  the  atmosphere 
of  marvelous  serenity,  to  the  delicacy,  the  gentleness,  the  peace- 
able harmony  of  its  aspects,  to  the  rhythmical  alternation  of 
mountain  and  shore.  But  above  all,  Greek  soil  was  favorable 
to  the  highest  achievements  in  Science  and  Art,  as  well  as  in 
physical  culture,  because  there  reigned  within  her  confines  the 
divine  spirit  of  hospitality  which  led  to  the  regular  conflux — 
every  fifth  year — of  all  the  Greek  peoples  to  compete  in  the 
Olympic  games. 

And,  gradually,  there  was  born  to  her  Pallas-Athena,  war- 
rior-goddess and  goddess  of  peace,  tutelary  goddess  of  cities 
and  creative  intelligence  of  science,  art,  philosophy,  and  source 
of  just  laws.  In  this  manner,  and  from  diversity  of  blood, 
there  was  born  that  superior  unity  of  the  Greek  genius. 
Through  all  the  fibers  of  her  organism  Greece  became  bound 
to  all  humanity.  Commerce,  the  breath  and  blood  of  a  nation 
incessantly  carried  out  and  spread  abroad  the  qualities  of 
her  native  genius,  and  brought  back  to  her  those  elements  most 
apt  to  vivify,  to  enlarge,  to  fecundate,  to  humanize  her,  to 
assure  to  her  that  universality  of  genius  which  became  her  for- 
tune and  imperishable  glory. 

Rome  following  Greece,  received  all  that  was  of  value  from 
the  ancient  civilization,  and  transmitted  this  priceless  legacy 
to  the  Germanic  nations  of  Europe,  to  which  peoples  and  to  the 
nations  descended  from  them  the  future  henceforth  belonged. 

Columbia  has  millions  of  unoccupied  rich  acres  of  land, 


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ready,  if  honestly  wooed,  to  give  the  necessaries  of  Hfe  to  every 
one  of  her  present,  to  milHons  of  her  yet  unborn  children,  and 
to  other  millions  of  people  willing  to  avail  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  to  make  a  decent  living.  And  the  man  who  by 
intelligence  and  by  diligence  turns  these  acres  into  thriving 
farms  is  a  public  benefactor,  whether  that  man  be  native  or 
foreign  born. 

What  position  would  our  country  occupy  among  the  civilized 
nations  of  the  world  had  not  the  influx  of  honest  foreign  toil 
helped  to  develop  the  natural  resources  of  our  country,  and 
create  its  wealth,  comforts  and  ideals?  Millions  came  from 
foreign  lands  that  were  not  their  lands  at  all,  but  the  domains 
of  their  oppressors.  Love  of  country  had  been  repressed  in 
their  hearts  for  generations.  And  when  at  last  these  people 
found  the  object  which  nourished  them  liberally  and  gener- 
ously, then  the  holy  flame  of  patriotism  burst  out  all  the 
stronger.  And  in  the  hour  of  danger  when  the  Republic  was 
still  young,  and  again  when  civil  strife  threatened  to  disrupt 
our  national  life,  many  of  them  laid  down  their  lives  joyfully 
for  their  adopted  country. 

Columbia  is  a  favored  land !  The  English  like  the  Irish,  the 
German,  the  Dutch,  the  French,  the  Spanish,  and  the  Scandi- 
navian have  all  contributed  their  share  in  building  and  charac- 
terizing the  American.  The  old  Teuton  race  has  been  made 
more  flexible  by  the  Celt,  and  may  still  profit  by  mixing  with 
the  Latin,  Slav,  and  the  Semitic  races.  And  it  matters  not 
whence  the  newcomers  hail;  if  healthy,  sober,  diligent,  thrifty, 
men  and  women  of  muscle  and  heart,  and  willing  to  pass  into 
the  crucible  of  Americanization,  they  are  a  desirable  acquisi- 
tion to  the  physical,  intellectual  and  spiritual  life  of  our  nation. 
We  will,  therefore,  continue  to  welcome  them,  and  show  them 
hospitality,  not  for  selfish  reasons,  but  because  we  mean  in 
every  respect  to  remain  true  to  our  principles  of  liberty,  equal- 
ity, and  fraternity.     Herein  lies  the  optimist^s  justification 


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when  he  expects  in  the  final  type  a  still  more  harmonious  blend- 
ing of  these  qualities  than  are  present  in  any  one  of  the 
constituents. 

The  past  is  the  teacher  of  the  present,  and  the  inspiration 
of  the  future.  Columbia,  by  nature  so  richly  endowed,  has 
hitherto  shown  remarkable  capacity  for  amalgamating  various 
races  and  nationalities;  and  it  requires  no  prophet's  eye  to 
see  that  from  the  pinnacle  of  opportunity  on  which  God  has 
set  her  and  with  the  experience  of  the  history  of  forty  cen- 
turies of  the  human  race,  Columbia  may  in  confidence  stretch 
forth  her  energies  to  mold  and  command  the  ideals  of  a  still 
more  glorious  race. 

There  is  no  danger  of  the  destruction  of  the  Teutonic  foun- 
dation of  our  social  order.  The  grand  old  timber  of  the  Ship 
of  State  will  still  be  steered  by  the  same  compass. 

'Thou  then,  sail  on,  O   Ship  of  State! 
Sail  on,  O  Union,  strong  and  great! 
Humanity  with  all  its  fears, 
With  all  the  hopes  of  future  years, 
Is  hanging  breathless  on  thy  fate! 
We  know  what  master  laid  thy  keel, 
What  workman  wrought  thy  ribs  of  steel, 
Who  made  each  mast,  and  sail,  and  rope, 
What  anvils  rang,  what  hammers  beat, 
In  what  a  forge  and  what  a  heat, 
Were  shaped  the  anchors  of  thy  hope! 
Fear  not  each  sudden  sound  and  shock, 
'Tis  of  the  wave  and  not  the  rock; 
*Tis  but  the  flapping  of  the  sail, 
And  not  a  rent  made  by  the  gale! 
In  spite  of  rock  and  tempest  roar. 
In  spite  of  false  lights  on  the  shore, 
Sail  on,  nor  fear  to  breast  the  sea ! 
Our  hearts,  our  hopes,  are  all  with  thee! 
Our  faith — triumphant  o'er  our  fears, 
Are  all  with  thee — are  all  with  thee; 


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COLUMBIA 
(Thy  Vision  Points  the  Way) 

When  rosy  grows  the  twilight  glow, 

O'er  land  and  over  sea; 
When  moon  and  stars  in  heaven  show, 

I  think  of  none  but  thee. 
The  golden  tints  of  heaven  above, 

The  sun's  all  bright'ning  zone, 
The  moon,  the  stars,  my  burning  love. 

Reflect  thy  face  alone. 

Through  all  the  darkness  of  the  night, 

On  me  thine  image  beams; 
Entranced,  to  thee  my  soul  takes  flight, 

And   whispers   in   its   dreams: 
"Within  the  palace  of  my  heart. 

The  throne-room  waits   for  thee" — 
And  at  thy  smile,  the  portals  part. 

For  all  eternity. 

The  world's  aglow  with  brightness. 

While  thou,  beloved,  art  near; 
Thy  tender  eyes  beam  kindness. 

And  promise  golden  cheer. 
To  regions  fair,  enchanting, 

Where  love  is  holding  sway; 
To  realms  where  bliss  is  waiting. 

Thy  vision  points  the  way. 


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THE  FUTURE 

The  channels  in  which  takes  place  the  fusing  of  the  hetero- 
geneous streams  into  one  homogeneous  flood,  are  our  educa- 
tional institutions,  where  we  impose  our  own  ideals  upon  the 
German,  the  Irish,  the  Slav,  the  Italian,  the  Hebrew.  The  in- 
tellectual conflict  which  takes  place  between  the  dift'erent 
ideals  reacts  also  upon  the  parents ;  and  new  ideals,  new  stand- 
ards, new  tendencies  are  thus  created  for  our  nation.  National 
ideals,  however,  are  stronger  than  individual  ideals.  National 
ideals  endure;  they  become  modified  and  developed.  The 
school,  therefore,  is  the  pride  of  our  nation;  for  the  school  is 
the  greatest  human  institution;  just  as  the  teacher,  wholly 
devoted  to  conscience  and  duty,  is  the  highest  human  person- 
ality, the  greatest  public  servant. 

THE  SCHOOL-LIBERTY'S  SAFEGUARD 

Our  glorious  land  today, 
'Neath   education's   sway, 

Soars   upward   still. 
Its  halls  of  learning  fair. 
Whose  bounties  all  may  share. 
Behold  them  everywhere, 
On  vale  and  hill. 

Thy  safeguard,  Liberty, 
The  school  shall  ever  be, — 

Our  nation's  pride! 
No  tyrant's  hand  shall  smite. 
While  with  encircling  might 
All  here  are  taught  the  Right 

With  Truth  allied. 

Beneath  Heaven's  gracious  will 
The  star  of  Progress  still 

Our  course  doth  sway; 
In  unity  sublime 
The  broader  heights  we  climb, 
Triumphant  over  Time, 

God  speeds  our  way ! 

Grand  birthright  of  our  sires, 
Our  altars  and  our  fires. 

Keep  we  still  pure! 
Our  starry  flag  unfurled. 
The  hope  of  all  the  world. 
In  peace  and  light  impearled, 

God  hold  secure. 

Samuel  Francis  Smith. 


The  hope  of  the  future  of  our  country  lies  in  that  educa- 
tion which  will  take  us  back  to  the  noble  ideals  of  the  founders 
of  the  nation,  to  the  rugged  honesty  that  marked  their  simple, 
frugal  lives.  This  is  the  opportunity  of  "Young  America." 
But  not  till  the  watchword  of  teacher  and  pupil  alike  shall  have 
become  "Under  Truth,  no  limits  to  freedom,"  may  we  claim 
to  have  reached  the  crowning  ideal  of  our  history.  To  seek 
the  truth  is  the  ultimate  ideal  of  education.  With  such  an 
education  for  our  men  and  women  of  tomorrow  the  future  is 
filled  with  dazzling  hopes.  By  truth  the  individual  must  be 
brought  into  relation  with  the  spirit  of  the  time.  The  indi- 
vidual must  become  what  he  is,  not  from  traditional  obedience, 
but  in  consequence  of  unselfish  devotion  to  tasks  that  have 
proven  their  priceless  worth  in  the  past,  tasks  leading  to 
critical  examination,  scientific  conclusion,  and  independent 
resolve. 

And  when  these  principles  shall  have  become  our  national 
pride  and  practice ;  when  the  people  shall  have  come  to  cherish 
a  higher  regard  for  school  and  teacher,  absolutely  free  from 
the  influence  of  politics  and  sectarianism;  when  compulsory 
school  laws  and  medical  inspection  of  our  schools  shall  be 
rigorously  enforced;  when  a  controlling  influence  over  the 
pupirs  outside  school  hours  shall  be  exercised  not  only  without 
the  slightest  interference  from,  but  in  harmony  and  coopera- 
tion with,  the  family  authority,  then  will  come  into  being  the 
superior  type — healthy  and  vigorous  of  body,  home  and  liberty 
loving;  men  whose  hearts  shall  be  true  as  steel  and  pure  as 
gold ;  who  shall  use  the  ballot  rightly ;  men  acquainted  with  the 
joys  and  also  with  the  difliculties  of  life's  struggle;  tough  in 
capacity  for  work,  filled  with  a  never-say-die  courage,  piercing 
to  the  heart  of  all  questions  with  discerning  judgment,  delib- 
erate in  decision,  counting  no  cause  small  in  which  justice  is 
concerned :  men  who  shall  ever 


"'Upward  rise,  to  higher  borders 
As  by  pure,  eternal  orders," 


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each  man  desiring  only  what  is  right,  and  defining  right  a? 
"that  which  is  best  for  the  future  of  not  only  the  particular 
nation  but  the  human  race." 

Only  under  such  conditions  as  permit  of  education  to  each 
and  education  as  far  as  his  capacities  will  permit  him  to  go 
can  the  ideal  of  true  democracy  and  human  brotherhood  be 
attained,  and  each  separate  nation  receive  that  larger  prophetic 
birth  of  freedom,  the  aim  of  all  human  endeavor  and  the  hope 
of  all  the  ages:  government  of  the  people,  by  the  people,  for 
the  people,  the  world  around,  by  which  alone  the  era  of  uni- 
versal peace  can  be  introduced. 

HERALD  OF  PEACE 

Hark !  from  on  high,  Peace  wings  her  flight  to  earth ; 
True  concord  seeking  now  to  haste  the  birth ; 
The  time  is  come  to  stay  the  warrior's  arm; 
The  time  is  come  for  nations  to  disarm. 

PEACE 

Let  lands  unite  to  stay  all  conquering  lords! 
Rise  in  their  might,  and  sheathe  the  hostile  swords! 
Renounce  the  ways  of  false  and  erring  stars! 
Proclaim  true  peace;  forsake  the  lead  of  Mars! 

And    free   at   last,   triumphant   peace   prolong! 
With  hearts  and  voices  blend  in  joyful  song! 
Fulfil  the  word;  in  union  then  you  can 
Extol,  cement  the  brotherhood  of  man ! 

Unto  Thy  holy  throne  my  song  I  raise,  ^ 
Thee,  God  of  mercy  and  of  love  to  praise; 
Who  dost  their  path  to  countless  worlds  assign 
That  to  Thy  majesty  and  will  incline. 

Grant  unto  man  the  greater  joys  to  taste; 
The  long-awaited  moment  speed  with  haste, 
When  war  shall  cease,  and  peace  on  earth 
Redeem  the  promise  of  Christ's  birth. 

THE  BRIDAL  OF  NATIONS 

*'Sing  the  Bridal  of  Nations !  with  chorals  of  Love 
Sing  out  the  war  vulture  and  ring  in  the  dove, 
Till  the  hearts  of  the  peoples  keep  time  in  accord. 
And  the  voice  of  the  world  is  the  voice  of  the  Lord. 


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"Blow,  bugles  of  battles,  the  marches  of  Peace; 
East,  West,  North,  and  South,  let  the  long  quarrel  cease; 
Sing  the  song  of  great  joy  that  the  angels  began, 
Sing  of  glory  to  God  and  of  good-will  to  man! 

Hark!  joining  in  chorus 

The  heavens  bend  o'er  us. 
The  dark  night  is  ending  and  dawn  has  begun; 
Rise,  hope  of  the  ages,  arise  like  the  sun, 
All  speech  flow  to  music,  all  hearts  beat  as  one !" 

"Peace  hath  her  victories  no  less  renowned  than  those  of 
war.  They  are  far  more  honorable.  For,  instead  of  taking 
life,  they  save  it;  instead  of  pain  they  give  joy;  instead  of 
wasting  the  strength  of  nations,  they  preserve  and  improve 
the  stock,  lifting  the  race  out  of  bondage  and  poverty  into  the 
state  of  freedom,  power  and  happiness  that  is  the  proper  goal 
of  humanity. 

"The  great  question  is  not  whether  we  are  ending  war  to- 
morrow; it  is  whether  we  are  doing  our  part  in  our  day  and 
generation  to  carry  out  that  great  process  that  is  taking  man- 
kind out  of  the  region  of  brutality  into  the  reign  of  justice  and 
virtue  and  compassion  and  kindness." 

War  should  be  driven  out  by  reason.  It  should  be  pre- 
vented not  only  by  our  advocating  diplomatic  intercourse  and 
arbitration,  but  also  by  patient  constructive  effort,  if  needs  be 
for  generations,  towards  the  establishment  of  a  permanent 
international  court  of  justice,  and  of  new  sanctions  that  shall 
compel  respect  for  the  judgments  rendered. 

"Let  us  be  active,  patient,  persistent.  Now  is  no  time  for 
weakness  or  anxiety.  The  day  is  coming,  and  it  is  coming 
soon,  when  the  nations  of  the  earth  will  gladly  acknowledge 
what  they  owe  to  those  who  are  now  striving  their  utmost  to 
wage  war  against  war,  and  to  abolish  the  inhuman  practice 
whereby  man  concentrates  the  fires  of  his  genius  and  the 
material  forces  which  lie  ready  to  his  hand  to  perpetrate  this 
deed  of  shame:  the  massacre  and  annihilation  of  his  fellow 
man." 


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And,  because  in  the  many  efforts,  spiritual  and  material, 
engaged  the  world  over  in  the  furtherance  of  this  high  end, 
our  country  takes  a  leading  part,  we  may,  in  proud  fore- 
feeling  of  its  realization,  proclaim,  henceforth,   "Columbia 

Triumphant/' 

COLUMBIA,  FAIR  LAND 

O,  beautiful  and  grand, 
Columbia,    fair    land, 

To   mankind   host ; 
Great  Empire  of  the  West, 
The  dearest  and  the  best, 
Made  up  of  all  the  rest, 

Thee   love  we  most. 

Majestic,  rising  strong, 
Our  hearts  burst  into  song, 

In  praise  of  thee; 
*Tis  thee  of  all  we  prize; 
We  love  thee  every  wise; 
Are  bound  to  thee  by  ties 

Of  loyalty. 

We  love  thine  inland  seas. 
Thy  groves  and  giant  trees, 

Thy  rolling  plains; 
Thy  rivers'  mighty  sweep. 
Thy  mystic  canyons  deep. 
Thy  mountains  wild  and  steep, 

AH  thy  domains. 

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Thy  silver  Eastern  strands, 
Thy  Golden  Gate  that  stands 

Afront  the  West; 
Thy  flow'ry  Southland  fair; 
Thy  Northern  crystal  air; 
O,  Land  beyond  compare. 

Thee  love  we  best. 

In  gratitude,  O,  Lord, 

Our  hearts  with  one  accord. 

Praise  Thee,  Most  High; 
Grant  unto  each  Thy  Light; 
To  see,  to  do  the  Right, 
Thy  Name,  Thy  Works,  Thy  Might 

To  glorify. 

Then  shall  the  world  rejoice, 
In  triumph  lift  its  voice. 

And  war  shall  cease. 
O,  may  it  not  be  long 
Till  man  no  more  shall  wrong! 
Hear  Thou  our  fervent  song, 

Thou,  Prince  of  Peace! 

3  and  4  by  Henry  Van  Dyke. 

The  End. 


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WORLD  PEACE  MARCH 

Come,  rally  round  our  banner, 

Ye  loyal  sons  of  peace; 
Let  voices  blend  together 

And  Concord's  song  release. 
'Tis  not  by  sword  and  cannon 

That  man  must  seek  his  right; 
In  peace  shall  every  nation 

Advance  to  strength  and  light. 

Let  peace,  then,  be  our  watchword, 
And  peace,  our  work  and  goal; 

This  message,  speed  it  onward, 
Enkindling  every  soul : 

Let  friendship,  firm,  eternal, 
Extending  brother-hand. 
And  blessing  every  mortal, 
Bring  blessing  to  each  land. 

O,  may  that  day  of  glory, 

The  day  for  which  we  long, 
Soon  dawn  upon  each  country. 

And  flood  it  with  the  song: 
Let  friendship,  firm,  eternal. 

Extending  brother-hand. 
And  blessing   every   mortal, 

Bring  blessing  to  each  land. 

Chorus 

Then  rise  ye  nations,  all  united, 
And  let  our  efforts  never  cease, 

Until  good  will  to  man  is  plighted, 
The  world  around  o'er  land  and  seas. 


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